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G. W. STEWART.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SUSPBNDBRS.

No. 353,893. Patented Dec; '7, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. STEWART, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL SUSPENDER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 353,893, dated December 7, 1886.

Application filed July 3, 1886. Serial No. 207,075. (No model.)

To all whom/it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STEWART, of the city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Fastening Devices for Suspenders, of which the following is a specification.

This device is intended for connecting suspender-ends to buttons in such a manner that button-holes are dispensed with and there is no cutting action upon the thread that holds the buttons to the pantaloons, thus lessening the risk of the buttons becoming separated, and avoiding the use of button-holes or loops upon the suspenders.

I make use of a tapering button-clip, that is preferably made of sheet metal, and the narrower end is downwardly and the upper end is connected to the suspender, so that when placed over the button such button is received into a tapering space within two wings that pass around the back edge of the button, and the button is easily entered into or withdrawn from its tapering recess.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of the clip at the end of a suspender-strap. Fig. 2 is a rear view with the button in the clip. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section with the button in the clip. Fig. 4 shows the metal plate as cut out ready to be bent up to shape. Fig. 5 is a rear View of the clip and strap. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the parts shown in Fig. 5, and Figs. 7 and 8 show modifications of the clip.

The clip A is preferably made of sheet metal; but it may be of celluloid or other sheet mate rial. The portion of the clip that receives the button is tapering, the narrowest end being downwardly, and there are wings 2 2, bent backwardly and returned to form a recess, into which is received the button B, of ordinary size and shape. VVhenthe button is entered at the upper part of this recess and the clip drawn up, the button wedges into the taper of the recess, and the extent of the wedging ac- 45 tion under strain will depend upon the angle of the taper. The wings do not return at the back sufficient] y far to cut orinj are the threads by which the button is attached to the garment, and I remark that it is preferable to allow the bottom end of the recess to be entirely open; but the lower edge of the plate may be bent back wardly, so as to be below the button, if desired, and it is preferable to make an opening in the sheet metal, as at 3, to enable the person to see that the button is properly entered within its tapering recess.

The strap or suspender C may be attached to the clip in any desired manner. Sometimes I provide a horizontal slot, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and pass the strap 01' web O through the same and turn it up and sew the parts to gether. Usually the end of the strap 0 is received into a recess between the clamps 5 6, (see Fig. 5,) and then the latter are folded down upon the same, there being penetrating points or teeth entering said strap to firmly hold the same; and in order to leave the upper end of the clip entirely free to receive the button there is an offset or shoulder at 8, so that the back surface of the strap and the clamps 5 and 6 are about on the same plane as the sheet metal at the inner surface of the recess, as seen in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a rectangular wire frame as connecting the clip to the strap, and in Fig. 8 there are two horizontal slots represented in the sheet metal, through which the strap can be inserted, and there is a lateral opening at 10 through one of the wings, for the button to be passed into the clip.

I claim as my invention- The button-clip having returned converging wings forming atapering recess for the reception of the button, the means for connecting the strap or Suspender, and a shoulder or off set at 8, for the purposes and substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 28th day of June, 1886.

GEORGE W. STEWART.

WVitnesses:

GEO. T. PINQKNEY, WALLACE L. SERRELL. 

